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The Clays and Tools HOW TO MAKE POTTERY CHAPTER I THE CLAYS AND TOOLSClay is what might be cal

redients are sometimes necessary. The early potter used the clayjust as it came from the ground, but when he began to bake it in thefire he found that tempering materials were necessary. Sand was ofte

fter the first coat, gum tragacanth is added, as in glazingon green clay. The fourth coat need not entirely cover the piece, butthe top should be carefully glazed. If for any reason the pottery hasto

ariety of the Rookwood pottery with a mat-glaze. Inthis, the process is entirely different from that used in making theother kinds of Rookwood. The glaze is of the greatest importance, theforms are si

Illustration: FIG. 68]Individual work of merit is being produced every year in this country,and it will not be long before the solitary potter of to-day, mouldinghis pieces and testing his glazes in s

plastic, but, on the other hand,it will stand the heat of the kiln, which the other will not. Theaddition of whiting or felspar to modelling clay will give the neededstiffness. A pottery clay suitable

ting aroundthe bowl near the top (see Fig. 20). First measure the circumference ofthe top of the bowl. Divide it into fifths and mark the divisions withthe paint-brush and blue paint. Starting a quart

hetime comes to weave in the last strands, which will not be difficult ifthe caution in regard to leaving the beginning open and loose has beenheeded. When the base is finished, wet it thoroughly, and

up.[Illustration: BUILDING A PIECE OF POTTERY 1. Making the First Coil 2. Testing the Outline 3. Continuing the Piece]Should the walls become weak and insecure from working them toorapidly, let the

Chill dudes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They throw us mixers with silent disco every year. Kind of in the perpetual friendzone with most of the good srats though, but occasionally girls will actually date these guys because they’re not as douchey.

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